Man shoots himself while combating raccoon at back door

UPI News Service, 08/26/2013

A Connecticut man, attempting to confront a raccoon, accidentally shot himself in the leg while sneezing, police said.

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James Pace Sr., 81, of New Haven told police who responded to Yale-New Haven Hospital Saturday evening he was armed with a .22 caliber rifle as he waited for a wild raccoon who continually scratched at his back door.

While waiting he sneezed, fell out of his chair and accidentally shot himself in the shin, Pace told police.